2009 No. 124
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE

The National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2009

Made
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
Coming into force
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 75A, 105(7) and 108(1) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 19781 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Citation and commencement1.

These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2009 and come into force on 4th May 2009.

Amendment of the National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 20032.

(1)

The National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 20032 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 4 (description of persons entitled to full remission and payment), in paragraph 2(j)(ii) for “£15,050” substitute “£15,276”.

(3)

In column 2 of Table A of the Schedule–

(a)

in the entry relating to regulation 45, for “£22,250” substitute “£23,000”; and

(b)

in the entry relating to regulation 53–

(i)

for “£13,500” substitute “£14,000”; and

(ii)

for “£22,250” substitute “£23,000”.

SHONA ROBISON
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2003 (“the Regulations”).

Regulation 2(2) amends regulation 4 of the Regulations to increase the amount of income to be used in calculating entitlement to full remission of charges and/or payment of travelling expenses under the Regulations in relation to persons in receipt of tax credits.

Regulation 2(3) amends the entries in Table A of the Schedule to the Regulations relating to regulations 45 and 53 of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1967) to increase the capital limits to be used in calculating entitlement to the remission of charges and/or payment of travelling expenses for certain claimants under the Regulations.